- Date
- May 19, 1964
- Place
- Willcox, AZ · WILLCOX, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3968AGrumman TBM3U
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184925
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0238 64/5/19 WILLCOX ARIZ GRUMMAN TBM3U CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 4300 TIME - 1300 N3968A PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLCOX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3968A
- Reported as
- Grumman TBM3U
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Willcox
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